Every Great Player Uses This Funk Bass Riff
Let’s learn one of the quintessential funk bass riffs that every great bass player uses. Inspired by some of the greats, including Leroy Hodges (Al Green), Chuck Rainey (Aretha Franklin), and Louis Johnson (The Brothers Johnson and Billy Preston), this is an easy funk bass fill to add to almost any song. Perfect for major chords or dominant chords used in blues, this will work with many different bass grooves.
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Originally posted by UCraquFd1FXp1SZFvuaPDbwg at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg4mh4g-7ZE
Holy Carp! I’m a guitar player who began picking up bass about a year ago +/-. I’ve always HEARD this, but never understood what it was, why it works. Thanks! Working at bass has DEF made me a more versatile/useful guitarist…
Great bassline to know! Thank you!
Great lesson! Thank you! Can I ask how you are recording your voice and bass?
Love that lick.
Funky as fck!!!
This technique reminds me a lot of the late great Boz Burrell from Bad Company on the song, "Burning Sky". The riffs blend so sweet with the guitar, and pop inside the melody. Great video. ????
Great opening riff and stylish presentation. Very useful. Much appreciated.
Nice and greasy ????????????
Love this idea. Very useable! Thank you
Could you change that bulb please
Thanks Ryan???????? nice tip for playing funky lines.
Bass is so easy even women and children are doing it.
you are a great instructor
I picked this trick up by listening to Pink Floyd…lol
What's that extra little riff you did a the end Ryan? when you returned to the D chord
You get a great vintage Precision sound, really good stuff …
Lol don’t think this funk. The riff played over the dominant sounded like
A pretty Woman:
Nice! ????
Thank you, Ryan!
Good stuff!
I wonder if Ryan ever plays with a pick?
The dominant 7th is done once in the whole video, at 2:25 for anyone needing a timestamp.
Nice lesson, but having introduced that idea, a second example would have been good.
Greetings Ryan,May I ask what state&country are you in? I reside in New York. Am a beginner bass player.
Hi nice basic riff
Great lesson
You can’t beat Mike Lull bases ????????
Thank you so much for this video. I am a private music instructor. Not to be a music theory nitpicker but the notes over the B chord you were playing should be described as B, C#, C Double # and D#.
Thank you for all you do. I always enjoy your videos! ????????????
I'm sorry I didn't let you know I play guitar not bass but it doesn't matter you still kick ass
You remind me of the guy that played the bass on the Barney Miller TV series I can't think of his name and he did the thumping on Seinfeld also that's who you remind me of you guys ought to hear some of my originals
Hi Ryan my name is Rick furci I've been playing since I've been 10 years old when the Beatles came on Ed Sullivan about 60 years I'd like to get on YouTube like that with my guitar but I don't know how to go about doing it I'm from the days of a Hendrix Robin trower Rory Gallagher Johnny Winters all of those old guys I'd like to find new people to jam with them in Lorain Ohio hard to find people most of my friends think they're too old LOL????
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I thought David Hood played on Let's stay together. Anyway I first heard this from Chuck Rainey
Juicy ❤
Oooh, I like this! Thanks ????
Another great lesson Ryan! Does that mean the 3rd is tonic in this situation?
I just ordered the book. First time seeing your channel but I love Jenny Lewis. Quick google confirmed my suspicions.
Great lesson Ryan Madora!
Slow down, closer look at your fingers.
Have you done a lesson on bass fills? If not, have you considered doing one?
This 1, 4, 5 progression is the fundamental bass line of Steal My Kisses by Ben Folds
Amazing, as usual. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge of the bass, Ryan!!
Merci.
Slightly too fast for me.could. you include Tab please
Ryan one day it would be fantastic if you gave us a tour of your basses, strings and so forth. Your sound is so nice and your playing sounds effortless. So please ????